Tribhuvan University Nepal Info

Tribhuvan University (TU) is the first national institution of higher education in Nepal. It was established in 1959 A.D. The Central Administrative Office and the Central Campus of the university are located on the north eastern facade of Kirtipur, an ancient and small town located five kilometers away from Kathmandu city centre. There are 38 central departments and 4 research centres in TU, and out of them 31 departments and 3 research centres are located at Kirtipur. The university at Kirtipur is spread over an area of 154.77 hectares (3042-5-2 ropanis).

After the second democratic movement of 2006, the Prime Minister of Nepal is the ceremonial chief, the Chancellor of the University, whereas the Minister of Education is the Pro-Chancellor. The Vice Chancellor is the Chief Executive of the university. He is assisted by the Rector in academic programmes and the Registrar in financial management and general administration.

Tribhuvan University is a non-profit making autonomous institution funded by the Government of Nepal. On January 8, 2013, the government of Nepal has principally agreed to declare Tribhuvan University as the Central University.

Main objectives of TU

The university was established with the following objectives:

• To prepare capable human resources required for the overall development of Nepal
• To impart standard higher education
• To protect and develop national culture and tradition
• To involve in extensive, empirical and timely creation of knowledge and research in the fields of arts, science, technology and vocation

TU marked its golden jubilee in 2009 organizing programmes.

In the 52nd year of its establishment, the university family remains committed and dedicated to making it a source and centre of quality education to set up a culture of learning in the country and to promote the notion of national and global peace and harmony.

Since its inception, the state-owned university, has expanded its programmes. There are five technical institutes and four general faculties. The university offers 115 courses for the technical proficiency certificate level. TU offers 1079 courses at Bachelors level and 1000 courses at Master’s level. It offers Ph.D. degrees in the technical institutes and faculties.

TU ran its programmes only through its constituent campuses before 1980. With the increasing number of students wanting higher education, it was not possible to accommodate all the students in the constituent campuses. This situation led to the establishment of colleges in the private sector because the constituent campuses alone could not meet the demand. From 1979–80, TU started providing affiliation to private colleges to conduct programmes. Eight hundred twenty six private colleges spread all over the country have so far received TU affiliations.

In the 2014-2015 academic session 4,05,341 students were enrolled in TU academic programmes. 1,48,141 (36.55%) students study in its 60 constituent campuses including 38 central departments, while 2,57,200 (63.45%) students study in 1053 affiliated colleges

TU has 7841 teaching faculty and 7413 non-teaching staff including the support staff in its constituent campuses. The number of total employees is 15254

Faculties and associated Central Departments

There are four faculties at the university:

• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Central Department of Buddhist Studies
  • Central Department of Chemistry, TU
  • Central Department of Culture
  • Central Department of Economics
  • Central Department of English
  • Central Department of Biotechnology
  • Central Department of Fine Arts
  • Central Department of Geography
  • Central Department of Geology
  • Central Department of Hindi
  • Central Department of History
  • Central Department of Home Science
  • Central Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Central Department of Library Science
  • Central Department of Linguistics
  • Central Department of Maithili
  • Central Department of Nepali
  • Central Department of Nepal Bhasha
  • Central Department of Political Science
  • Central Department of Population Studies
  • Central Department of Psychology
  • Central Department of Rural Development
  • Central Department of Sanskrit
  • Central Department of Sociology
  • Central Department of Anthropology
• Faculty of Management
  • Central Department of Public Administration
  • Central Department of Management
• Faculty of Education
  • Central Department of Education
• Faculty of Law

Institutes

There are five institutes at the university:

• Institute of Agriculture & Animal Sciences (IAAS), Rampur, Chitwan
• Institute of Medicine
• Institute of Engineering (IOE), Pulchowk, Lalitpur
• Institute of Science & Technology (IOST), Kathmandu
• Institute of Forestry (IOF), Pokhara, Kaski

Organization

TU is government financed but still an autonomous organization.^[2] The head of the government, the prime minister, is its chancellor.

• Chancellor: Prime Minister of Nepal
• Pro-Chancellor: Minister of Education
• Vice Chancellor: Prof. Dr. Tirtha Raj Khaniya
• Chairman: Prof. Dr. Ishwar Chandra Dutta
• Rector: Prof. Guna Nidhi Nyaupane
• Registrar: Dr. Chandra Mani Poudel

Council

Tribhuvan University has five decision-making bodies:

• University Council is the supreme body that makes decisions on policies, budget, rules and regulations and the formation of special committees and commissions.
• Executive Council implements operational decisions while the University Council accepts donations to the university. It makes decisions on grants, affiliation to private campuses and appointments of university officials.
• Academic Council makes decisions on policies and practices regarding curriculum, teaching, examinations and research.
• Research Coordination Council makes policies on TU research activities, approves guidelines for researchers and coordinates the functions of university level research organizations.
• Planning Council has an advisory role of preparing plans (long and short-term), developing annual programs and evaluating programs implementation.